Oil-can



(No Model.)

4B. R. DEVBRALL. OIL CAN.

No. 513,635. Patented Jan. 30, 1894.

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TATE-S OIL-CAN.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 513,635, dated January 30, 1894.

Application filed April 15, 1893. Serial No. 470,490. (No model.)

shown detached from the can. Fig. 3 is a per spective elevation of the can, as it appears upon the various parts being assembled. Fig.

' 4 is a plan view of Fig. 3, the scale being enlarged.

Similar letters of reference denote like parts in all the views.

This invention relates generally to cans and other receptacles used by machinists and other persons in lubricating wearing or friction surfaces, and particularly to that form of oil-can set forth and claimed in Letters-Patent of the United States, granted to me under date of September 27, 1881, No. 247,620. There is soldered to the discharge-spout of the can covered by said Letters-Patent, a base-piece of a single thickness of material, and I find, in practice, that this form of construction is wanting in durability, as the discharge-spout, having no bracing medium, is quite readily broken away from the base-piece. I also find in practice, thata ball-valve, when confined, as in the can covered by said Letters-Patent, is not always reliable in its action, particularly when heavy lubricating oils are used.

The object of my present invention is to overcome these objectionable features in the can covered by the aforenamed Letters-Pat ent.

In the drawings, A denotes the body of the can, to which is soldered a threaded neck B, provided with an inwardly-extending flange, of suitable width, at its base, the said flange serving as a top for the can-body.

O is a threaded cylinder, having at its upper end a head 0', centrally depressed and provided with a central aperture, the latter being surrounded by the downwardly-extending lip D, which serves to prevent the oildrippings from escaping when the can is inverted. At the same time the space between the discharge-spout E, will be sufficient to allow drippings from the discharge-spout to pass downward into the neck B. The lower end of the cylinder 0 has an annular flange F, turned in, which rests on the base H, of the discharge-spout.

The discharge-spout E is provided with a base H, consisting of two substantially-conical walls, each disposed inversely to the other, and each provided at its outer extremity with an annular flange-portion H, at which. point the said walls meet, thereby forming a general flange to the base-piece H, of a double thickness of material. Each of the walls of the base H is provided with a central opening, and the discharge-spout E, which is inserted and soldered therein, extends through both of said walls, thereby insuring a rigid and durable connection of the parts. The upper wall of the base H is provided with a valveopening I, and the lower wall thereof is provided with a drip-port J. A ball-valve K is placed within the chamber formed by the respective walls of the base H, and is free to move about therein. When the can is in an upright position, as shown in Fig. 1, the valveopening I is open, but when the can is inverted, the valve becomes seated in said opening, and either prevents the flow of oil by checking the entrance of air, or regulates the flow of oil by gradually allowing the air to enter the can A. The nozzle L is curved, as shown, toward the same side on which the valve-opening Lin the upper wall of the base, is placed, the object of which is to always insurethe submerging of the valve in oil when the can is inverted. The discharge-spout E with is base H, being independent or separate from the neck B, the bent nozzle L can be turned around to any side of the can desired without afiecting the relative positions of the said nozzle and the valve-opening I.

When it is desired to fill the can with oil, the cylinder O is unscrewed from the neck B, and the discharge-spout E removed.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A detachable spout, having a base H, consisting of two substantially-conical walls,

flanged and meeting at their outer extremities, a valve-opening I and a drip-port J being formed respectively in the upper and lower walls of said base, the chamber formed by said walls containing a ball-valve K, free to move about therein, and the upper end of the discharge-spout being bent to the same side on which said Valve-opening I is placed, substantially asherein described and for the purposes set forth.

2. In combination with the can A and the discharge-spout E, the threaded cylinder 0, having on its upper end a head centrally depressed, with an opening central therein and a lip surrounding said opening and projecting downward from said head, said cylinder being further provided on its lower end with an annular flange, projecting inwardly, which flange rests on the base of the dischargespou t E, substantially as herein described and for the purposes set forth.

3. The combination of the can A, provided with a threaded neck B, and having a threaded cylindrical cap 0, as shown, with a discharge-spout E, having a base H, consisting of two substantially-conical walls, flanged and -meeting at their outer extremities, with a Valve-opening I and a drip-port J formed respectively in the upper and lower walls of said base, the chamber formed by said walls containing a ball-valve K, free to move about therein, and the upper end of the discharge spout being curved toward the side of the base on which the valve-opening I is placed, substantially as herein set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand, this 13th day of April, A. D. 1893, in the presence of witnesses.

EDWIN R. DEVERALL.

Witnesses:

JACOB BAOHRAOH, JOHN BERGESEN. 

